Altaf Mazid Rija ( 13 April 2016), known professionally as Altaf Mazid, was an Indian documentary filmmaker and critic in the Assamese cinema. He also worked as a film producer and director in Jollywood. His last documentary was Sabin Alun (The Broken Song) that revolves around the Karbi people. He was later nominated to juries of film festivals, including 10th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam and the 9th Dubai International Film Festival, among others.
He was born around 1957 in Guwahati, India. He served as an executive engineer in Assam at the Department of Public Health Engineering. He had one daughter. His wife, Dr Zabeen Ahmed, is a former librarian of Cotton University, Assam.
Career Before his debut in filmmaking career, he initially worked as a film critic in Assamese cinema. He also served as a jury of various film festivals such as 1992 International Film Festival of India, 1997 Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, 7th Bengaluru International Film Festival and 2015 International Film Festival of Kerala. Later, he was appointed as a jury-member by the International Federation of Film Critics in 2014 at Moscow International Film Festival. Prior to this, he served jury of Cannes Film Festival. In 1999, he was appointed by the International Film Festival of India as a member of the selection committee.
He screened digital version of Joymoti, the first Assamese film and presented it at film festivals, including Seventh Asiatica Film Mediale at Rome Film Festival.
Filmography
# Title Year Type/Credited as1Byoktigata Aru Goponio19922Jibon19983Lakhtokiat Golam20014Our Common Future20025The Joy of Giving20046Las Vegasat20047Bhal Khabar20058Crazy on the Rocks20079Kunir Kutil Dosha200810Boliya Pitair Sohoki Sotal200811Chitra Sutram201012Rahashyar Bitchaku13Kunir Kutil DoshaDirector14Boliya Pitaier Sohoki Sootal2009Director15Sabin Alun (The Broken Song)2016Director
Awards and nominations Year Nominated work Award Category Result2000Jibon (1998)Pyongyang International Film FestivalBest Directorrowspan="3"2008Bollywood MelodiesNational Film AwardsBest Film Critic2008Boliya Pitaier Sohoki SootalNational Film AwardsBest Anthropological/Ethnographic Film
Death Altaf Mazid died of myocardial infarction on 13 April 2016 in Bengaluru, India.
References
External links
Altaf Mazid at Academia.edu